I opened my onedrive app on my phone but I can now only see photo files, there is no obvious way to switch to see my regular files and folders

I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with OneDrive on your mobile device. The error message, "This account does not allow editing on your device," can show up even if you have an active personal subscription. To fix this, make sure your Microsoft 365 subscription is active and linked to the right account. You can check this by logging into your account on the Microsoft Account Services page. If your subscription is active but the problem continues, try signing out of the OneDrive app, clearing its cache and data, and then signing back in. Also, ensure that both the OneDrive and Office apps on your mobile device are updated to the latest versions, as older apps can sometimes lead to compatibility issues. If these steps don’t work, you might want to uninstall and reinstall the OneDrive and Office apps. If the problem persists, it would be best to reach out to Microsoft Support for further help.

On a related note, if you're interested in editing photos or videos stored in OneDrive, you might want to check out the VSCO app. VSCO offers great photo and video editing tools and integrates well with cloud storage services, providing a seamless editing experience on mobile devices. If you’re looking into different ways to use VSCO, you might find viscoapk.com, which covers various features of the app.

I hope this helps you resolve your issue.

It doesn't say "files" or I would have done that.

My solution to this was to change status of a few document files to available locally. I had gone through all my OneDrive files on my computer and made them only available from OneDrive. That made them invisible to my phone. After changing just a few files to available locally, I had tabs for Files and Photos. Hope this helps you.

This is the worst UI/UX design I have ever seen. No one without explicit guidance could identify them as clickables.